I gave up The 5th Dimension for Jehovah

by compound complex 34 Replies latest jw experiences

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  compound complex

  Greetings, Old Timers (in particular):

  Of course, we don't share all views in common. Unless I'm mistaken, however, we older, former JWs were decisive about what our "Bible-trained consciences" would allow -- or not. Seems the younger generation don't get how stringent we were and the difficulty of letting go of our old, super-strict ways.

  I remarked in my thread about what the Society may or may not have foreseen in officially sanctioning the Internet that everything seems so different now. I can't even come up with words to express how changed my once beloved faith has become.

  I was so super sensitive in my godly conscience that I swore off the "demonized" song linked below (I've changed my tune since I returned to my pagan roots):

  https://www.google.com/search?q=the+5th+dimension+aquarius&oq=the+5th+dimension&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.11875j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  
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  compound complex

  When the moon is in the Seventh House
  And Jupiter aligns with Mars
  Then peace will guide the planets
  And love will steer the stars
  This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
  Age of Aquarius
  Aquarius
  Aquarius

  Harmony and understanding
  Sympathy and trust abounding
  No more falsehoods or derisions
  Golden living dreams of visions
  Mystic crystal revelation
  And the mind's true liberation
  Aquarius
  Aquarius

  When the moon is in the Seventh House
  And Jupiter aligns with Mars
  Then peace will guide the planets
  And love will steer the stars
  This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
  Age of Aquarius
  Aquarius
  Aquarius
  Aquarius
  Aquarius

  Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
  Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
  Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in

  Oh, let it shine, c'mon
  Now everybody just sing along
  Let the sun shine in
  Open up your heart and let it shine on in
  When you are lonely, let it shine on
  Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
  And when you feel like you've been mistreated
  And your friends turn away
  Just open your heart, and shine it on in
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  Tara N Seals

  Old timer checking in!

  If I Could Reach You

  One Less Bell to Answer

  Wedding Bell Blues

  Up Up and Away

  Workng On a Groovy Thing

  Stoned Soul Picnic

  We were young, whole-souled, and innocent.

  What the WT demands of its adherents is a shocking perversion of all that Jehovah requires of us.

  See Jeremiah 7:31 in The Message Bible.

  I have swallowed my pride and eaten crow and re-registered.

  Sylvia aka Snowbird
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  compound complex

  Our dear, dear sister, Tara!

  Bless you for returning. How we have missed you!

  Blessings and peace and love,

  CoCo
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  Dagney

  Awww...Coco. I remember at 14yo driving in a fiat convertible in the fields out in FS with an older (16yo) RP sister, and listening to this song when it came out. It didn't phase us a bit. There were really hardline elders in my hall, but the bunch of us younger folks still listened to what we wanted.

  xxx
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  Tara N Seals

  
  

  I just had to reply to this topic.

  So poignant.
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  compound complex

  I just had to reply to this topic. So poignant. -- Tara N Seals

  There are many clouds in my sky. I am on the 9th . . .

  
  
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  compound complex

  The above photo is from home, not a stock image.

  Thanks, Dagney, so much for sharing your experience! In certain matters I may have been somewhat looser, but I can't remember!

  Now, loose as a goose!
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  Tara N Seals

  I've been keeping up with y'all.

  You are in my heart always.

  This weekend, I read all 72 pages of TADP again for the first time.

  Edit: Make that 73 pages. I MUST stop relying on my dodgy memory.
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  stillin

  My wife gets all weird and turns the car radio off when this song comes on.